Age: 73 (84 after sentence)
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Sentence: 28 Feb 2003 (for 11 years, 6 months, 7 days)
End Of Full Sentence: 4 Sep 2014
Place: Shelahs Newsagents, Westmead Road, Sutton
Source: webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Alan Savage murdered Geoffrey Small on 6 September 1976 and was convicted of his murder on 28 February 2003.
He was approached by a man whose mother was having an affair with Geoffrey Small to kill him which he was reluctant to do at first but later agreed. He was to be paid £2k and the man gave him a gun and ammunition and told him where the shop was that he worked in. Alan Savage laid in wait and shot Geoffrey Small 4 times and then stole his wallet and holdall.
He was only paid £700 out of the £2k.
Police reopened the case 26 later in 2002 and when Alan Savage was arrested he made a full confession including detailing the man who paid for the killing, however in court he refused to testify against the man and he was never convicted.
see Court News UK
see BBC Man freed after witness's silence
